DEAR BROTHERS & SISTERS IN THE LORD,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING PART OF OUR LIVES. YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT MEAN A LOT TO US, AND I KNOW IT DID NOT JUST HAPPENED, BUT IT STARTED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY – BLESSED BE THE LORD JESUS!
AS THE WORLD ONCE MORE REJOICES IN THE GLORIOUS GIFT OF OUR RISEN SAVIOUR, MAY YOU DEEPLY KNOW, THE PEACE, AND HAPPINESS HIS LOVE CAN BRING YOUR WAY.
HAPPY EASTER!!
WITH LOVE FROM
THANDIE & THE KIDS
Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Urgent Prayer Request!
Dear Saints of God,
URGENT!! URGENT!! URGENT!! URGENT!! URGENT!!
We had a meeting with the owner of land and buildings that are adjacent to our existing Good Samaritan compound at Mapanga. The amount of land is 22 hectares, about 44 acres. It has banana trees on the front part, and much maize growing on the rest. It has a main house, detached worker quarters, a building for a maize mill and partial walls around the main home. He is a business man, a national, and we had 4 questions for him.
1. Would he be willing to sell the whole 22 hectares with the house and buildings. ( stated yes, but would get back to us with the price)
2. Would he be willing to sell a small part of the front for a church building to be constructed. (stated yes, but would get back to us with the price)
3. Would he be willing to rent the house, other building and some of the land. (stated yes, and the cost would be Mk50,000.00 per month, about $450.00)
4. Would he be willing to rent the rest of the land to Good Samaritan. (stated yes, but would get to us with price)
Our family is moving from the large house that we are currently renting because it is too large now that Elizabeth is back in the States preparing for college. We are looking at a small house on BCA hill in Limbe, but we also have been praying that God would make available a house by the Mapanga Orphanage. We have to travel about 25 to 30 minutes one way each day to get from BCA Hill to Mapanga. Now that gas is over $8.00 per gallon it is getting expensive. Also when decisions need to be made it is difficult. We believe living close by would be for the betterment of our ministry.
Our desire for a new church building would be that the current building the church is occupying within the compound could be used for classrooms. We want to start a secondary school on the compound. We currently bus 28 of our kids to two different schools. The teaching is weak, and we have no control over what they learn; both scholastically, and spiritually. The cost is also high with bus maintenance, fuel, and time. Having the church on the compound allows people that do not have a part of the Children’s Home on the compound. In the past we have had some minor problems, and both Dr. Gentry and I feel it would be better for the orphans if we could control their exposure to outside people. Building a church building outside the compound would not isolated the surrounding communities from Good Samaritan but continue to minister unto them.
We are praying for a good harvest of the maize we planted on our property behind the current Orphanage compound. Lord willing we will have about 200, 50 Kg. bags of maize at the end of harvest. This is a big help with cutting our need for food support, but it is still not enough. With this additional land we could grow enough food so that would have enough for ourselves, plus have the opportunity to sell excess and shoulder more of our financial needs.
PLEASE PRAY NOW FOR US!! THE OWNERS NAME IS LINGA LEMONI. HE IS CURRENTLY PONDERING OUR QUESTIONS AND IS TO TALK WITH US IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS CONCERNING COST. AS FAR AS I KNOW HE IS NOT SAVED AND LORD WILLING I CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS TO HIM!
WE NEED GOD’S DIRECTION IN THIS MATTER. IF IT IS GOD’S WILL FOR ANY OF THE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, WE ARE ASKING THAT GOD TOUCHES THE OWNERS HEART, & THAT HE RESPONDS WITH A PRICE FROM GOD! WE NEED GOD’S PEOPLE TO PRAY WITH US.
John Fullford
Missionary
Good Samaritan Baptist Ministries
Malawi-C-Africe
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